Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things: Future Directions and Applications
暫譯: 無線感測器網路與物聯網：未來方向與應用

《無線感測器網路與物聯網：未來方向與應用》探討了這個不斷進步的領域中一系列重要且即時的議題與應用。書中討論了不同類型的無線感測器網路（WSN）和物聯網（IoT）技術，以提供一個強有力的參考框架，並強調針對WSN和IoT在保護、保育、評估和實施方面所面臨的挑戰的解決方案，這些解決方案能夠導致低成本產品、節能、低碳使用、更高的品質以及全球競爭力。

本書分為四個部分，涵蓋以下主題：
- 無線感測器網路及其相關應用
- 與物聯網的智慧監控與控制系統
- 智慧系統的攻擊、威脅、漏洞及防禦措施
- 研究挑戰與機會

這本關於重要且多樣化議題的章節集，呈現了無線感測器網路和物聯網的尖端技術案例研究與應用，對於計算機科學、資訊技術和電子學的學術界，包括網路安全、監控和數據收集等領域，將具有重要價值。這裡提供的資訊材料可以應用於許多行業，包括農業、能源與電力、資源管理、生物醫學與健康照護、商業管理等。

Bhagirathi Nayak, PhD, is a highly results-oriented professional with experience of 25 years from IIT Kharagpur, India, in the areas of computer science and engineering, academics, administration, database design and development, and pedagogical activities. He is presently associated with Sri Sri University, Cuttack, India, as Head of the Department of Information and Communication Technology and Professor in-charge of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System. To date he has published more than 40 articles in reputed international journals and has written four books. He has holds five patents in the area of computer science and engineering. Dr. Nayak won the prestigious Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Professional Excellence Award in Data Science from the Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam Research Centre. He was also honored with the Best Professor of Data Science in Odisha, India Education Award 2019 at Bangalore. For his significant contribution to the field of data science, he awarded a Best Researcher Award by the Technological Conclave 2019, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He also received the Research and Innovation Award of the Year on the occasion of the National Summit 2020 on 17th January 2020 at New Delhi in the august presence of Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari (Honorable Minister of MSME). Four PhD scholars have been awarded and presently six PhD scholars are working under him. He did many more projects in the works, such as on bioinformatics with the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, MSME & Paradip Port, Odisha, India.

Subhendu Kumar Pani, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and also Research Coordinator at Orissa Engineering College (OEC) Bhubaneswar, India. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include data mining, big data analysis, web data analytics, fuzzy decision-making, and computational intelligence. He is the recipient of five researcher awards. In addition to research, he has guided two PhD students and 31 MTech students. He has published over 50 international journal papers (25 Scopus indexed). His professional activities include roles as associate editor, editorial board member, and/or reviewer of various international journals. He is associated with a number of conferences and societies. He has more than 100 international publications, five authored books, two edited books, and ten book chapters to his credit. He is a fellow in Scientific Society of Advance Research and Social Change and a life member in many other professional organizations.

Tanupriya Choudhury, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UPES Dehradun, India. Recently he has received the Global Outreach Education Award for Excellence and Best Young Researcher Award at the Global Outreach Education Conference and Awards 2018. His areas of interests include human computing, soft computing, cloud computing, data mining, etc. He has filed 14 patents to date and received 16 copyrights from the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development for his own software. He has been associated with many conferences in India and abroad. He has authored more than 85 research papers and has delivered invited talks and guest lectures at several universities in India and elsewhere. He has been associated with many conferences throughout India as TPC member and session chair, etc. He is a lifetime member of IETA, member of IEEE, and member of IET (UK) and other renowned technical societies. He is associated with corporate, and he is Technical Adviser of DeetyaSoft Pvt. Ltd. Noida, IVRGURU, and Mydigital360, etc.

Suneeta Satpathy, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the College of Engineering Bhubaneswar (CoEB), Bhubaneswar, India. Her research interests include computer forensics, cyber security, data fusion, data mining, big data analysis, and decision mining. In addition to research, she has guided many postgraduate and graduate students. She has published papers in many international journals and conferences in repute. She has two Indian patents in her credit. She is an editorial board member and/or reviewer of the Journal of Engineering Science, Advancement of Computer Technology and Applications, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, and Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. She is a member of CSI, ISTE, OITS, ACM, and IE.

Sachi Nandan Mohanty, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education Hyderabad, India. He has published 20 journal papers and has edited four books. He is actively involved as a fellow of the Indian Society Technical Education, the Institute of Engineering and Technology, the Computer Society of India, and as member of the Institute of Engineers and IEEE Computer Society. He is currently a reviewer of many journals, including Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Computational and Structural Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence Review, and Spatial Information Research. He has been awarded a Best Researcher Award from Biju Pattnaik University of Technology in 2019, Best Thesis Award (first prize) from the Computer Society of India in 2015, and an Outstanding Faculty in Engineering Award from the Dept. of Higher Education, Government of Odisha in 2020. He has also received international travel funds from SERB, Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, for chairing several sessions at international conferences (USA in 2020). Dr. Mohanty received several best paper awards during his PhD at IIT Kharagpur from the International Conference at Bejing, China, and the International Conference on Soft Computing Applications, organized by IIT Rookee, India, in 2013. Prof. Mohanty's research areas include data mining, big data analysis, cognitive science, fuzzy decision-making, brain-computer interface, and computational intelligence.

**Bhagirathi Nayak, PhD**，是一位以結果為導向的專業人士，擁有來自印度卡哈拉古爾印度理工學院（IIT Kharagpur）25年的經驗，專注於計算機科學與工程、學術、行政、資料庫設計與開發以及教學活動。目前，他在印度卡塔克的Sri Sri University擔任資訊與通信技術系主任及企業資源規劃（ERP）系統負責教授。至今，他已在多個知名國際期刊上發表超過40篇文章，並撰寫了四本書籍。他在計算機科學與工程領域擁有五項專利。Nayak博士獲得了來自Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam Research Centre的Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam專業卓越獎（數據科學）。他還在2019年於班加羅爾獲得了印度奧里薩州數據科學最佳教授獎。因其對數據科學領域的重大貢獻，他於2019年在印度奧里薩州布巴內斯瓦爾的Technological Conclave獲得最佳研究者獎。他還在2020年1月17日於新德里舉行的國家峰會上獲得年度研究與創新獎，當時在尊貴的Nitin Jairam Gadkari（中小企業部長）見證下頒發。四名博士生已在他的指導下獲得學位，目前有六名博士生正在他的指導下進行研究。他還與印度政府生物技術部、MSME及奧里薩州的Paradip Port等機構合作進行了多個項目。

**Subhendu Kumar Pani, PhD**，是印度布巴內斯瓦爾奧里薩工程學院（OEC）計算機科學與工程系的教授及研究協調員。他擁有超過15年的教學與研究經驗。他的研究興趣包括數據挖掘、大數據分析、網絡數據分析、模糊決策及計算智能。他是五項研究者獎的獲得者。除了研究外，他指導了兩名博士生和31名碩士生。他已發表超過50篇國際期刊論文（25篇被Scopus索引）。他的專業活動包括擔任多個國際期刊的副編輯、編輯委員會成員及/或審稿人。他參與了多個會議和學會。他擁有超過100篇國際出版物，五本著作，兩本編輯書籍及十個書章。他是科學研究與社會變革促進會的研究員，並且是多個專業組織的終身會員。

**Tanupriya Choudhury, PhD**，是印度德拉敦UPES計算機科學與工程系的副教授。最近，他在2018年全球外展教育會議及頒獎典禮上獲得了全球外展教育卓越獎及最佳青年研究者獎。他的研究領域包括人類計算、軟計算、雲計算、數據挖掘等。至今，他已申請14項專利，並從印度人力資源發展部獲得16項軟體著作權。他參與了許多國內外會議，並在印度及其他地區的多所大學發表邀請演講和客座講座。他在印度的多個會議中擔任TPC成員及會議主席等職務。他是IETA的終身會員，IEEE及IET（英國）等知名技術學會的成員。他與多家企業合作，並擔任DeetyaSoft Pvt. Ltd. Noida、IVRGURU及Mydigital360等公司的技術顧問。

**Suneeta Satpathy, PhD**，是印度布巴內斯瓦爾工程學院（CoEB）計算機科學與工程系的副教授。她的研究興趣包括計算機取證、網絡安全、數據融合、數據挖掘、大數據分析及決策挖掘。除了研究外，她還指導了許多研究生及本科生。她在多個知名國際期刊及會議上發表論文。她擁有兩項印度專利。她是《工程科學期刊》、《計算機技術與應用進展》、《機器人與自主系統》及《計算與結構生物技術期刊》的編輯委員會成員及/或審稿人。她是CSI、ISTE、OITS、ACM及IE的成員。

**Sachi Nandan Mohanty, PhD**，是印度海得拉巴ICFAI高等教育基金會計算機科學與工程系的副教授。他已發表20篇期刊論文並編輯四本書籍。他積極參與印度技術教育學會、工程與技術學院、印度計算機學會的研究員，並且是工程師學會及IEEE計算機學會的成員。他目前是多個期刊的審稿人，包括《機器人與自主系統》、《計算與結構生物技術》、《人工智能評論》及《空間信息研究》。他於2019年獲得Biju Pattnaik技術大學最佳研究者獎、2015年印度計算機學會最佳論文獎（第一名）及2020年奧里薩州高等教育部的傑出工程師獎。他還獲得了印度科學與技術部SERB的國際旅行資金，以主持多個國際會議的會議（2020年美國）。Mohanty博士在卡哈拉古爾印度理工學院攻讀博士期間，曾在中國北京的國際會議及2013年由印度Rookee IIT舉辦的軟計算應用國際會議上獲得多項最佳論文獎。Mohanty教授的研究領域包括數據挖掘、大數據分析、認知科學、模糊決策、腦機介面及計算智能。